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Myths Perpetuated:

156: “Sam” Adams gave the “signal” to start the Boston Tea Party. See Founding Myths, chapter 3.

159: Paul Revere and the signal lanterns. See Founding Myths, chapter 1.

163: Patrick Henry’s “Liberty or Death” speech. See Founding Myths, chapter 8.

173: 500,000 copies of Common Sense sold in six months; Thomas Paine “sold” colonists and Congress on “the idea of independence.” See Founding Myths, chapter 6.

185: After Valley Forge, “the Patriots’ bleakest hour had passed.” See Founding Myths, chapter 5.

187: “Molly Pitcher” was a real person. See Founding Myths, chapter 2.

191-192: Both patriots and Loyalists did bad things, but Loyalists were “especially cruel.” See Founding Myths, chapter 11.

194: Yorktown “marked the end” of the Revolutionary War. See Founding Myths, chapter 12.

Critical items neglected, which change our understanding of the Revolution:

The first seizure of political and military authority from the British — Massachusetts, 1774. See Founding Myths, chapter 4.

Over ninety state and local declarations of independence, which set the stage for the congressional declaration. See Founding Myths, chapter 6.

The winter the Continental Army spent at Morristown — far worse than that spent at Valley Forge, and the harshest in 400 years. See Founding Myths, chapter 5.

The global context for the American Revolution — why the war continued after Yorktown. See Founding Myths, chapter 12.